A Working Guide to Process Equipment, Fourth Edition 4th Edition

I needed this book because I am taking my final semester as a Process Technology student. I needed a good reference book that could teach me details about operations and troubleshooting that I was not getting in my current troubleshooting class. This book goes into a lot of detail about specific operations and covers a lot of common failures that occur in those systems. It's a great book to take what you learn in class and step it up to the next level. Thanks to this book I am able to think about processes more clearly, which only makes class exams easier, but will also benefit me when I am working in the field. Anyone who wants to be their best needs books like these to reinforce learning with.

Every Process Engineer with between 5 to 10 urs of refinery or chemical plant process experience should read this book.It covers everything in a practical fashion, with concepts you will be able to realie on throughout your entire career.Matthew A. Jackson

All refinery engineers must get a copy of this book. It is one of the must comprehensive book about the foundemntal of process equipment.

This is an excellent engineering book. Very practical. Calculations are very simplified and not overly complicated as others have stated on the reviews. I wish my school would have recommended us this book to read along side all of our other text books.

Great book for all engineers!!!

Clear and funny language, one of the best books for the process/operations engineer. Every chemical engineer student should read it.

This, like all of Norman's books, is a collection of nice, practical advice for a working process engineer.Because this book is also written to be easily understood by plant operators as well as process engineers, the calculations presented are less than rigorous (and sometimes perhaps technically incorrect). However, the point of this book is not to introduce rigorous calculations. Most people use software for those calculations now anyway. The point of this book, which it accomplishes well, is to give a down-to-earth, hands-on view of process engineering that is missing in so many other textbooks. There is a lot to love in the way that this book throws off the chains that hold many authors back from explaining things well in the attempt to make sure they are technically and precisely correct according to their academic peers.

great reference book for process industry professionals.